If you’ve received Olympic gold, you do not enter subsequent occasions with something aside from successful them in your thoughts. Eve Muirhead is aware of that. However she additionally is aware of that that is her first curling competitors in 4 years.
The 36-year-old makes her return on Thursday after revoking her retirement when she performs within the Scottish Blended Doubles Championship in Aberdeen.
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Muirhead will reprise her 2022 world title successful partnership with Bobby Lammie – himself a twice Olympic silver medallist – in what the duo hope would be the starting of a four-year marketing campaign that culminates within the Alpes 2030 Video games.
They arrive into this home competitors because the big-ticket pairing – having by no means misplaced a aggressive recreation – but in addition as goal for the remainder of a stacked area.
“We won’t put an excessive amount of stress on ourselves,” Muirhead instructed BBC Sport Scotland. “I would like to recollect I have been away for over 4 years now and I am simply again into it.
“I do know our aggressive aspect goes to come back out however we have to put issues in perspective as effectively. We have got to do not forget that it is a lengthy undertaking that we’re in.”
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Muirhead says she has been gripped by a mixture of pleasure and nerves as she prepares for her comeback.
Six round-robin video games throughout Thursday, Friday and Saturday – and probably a play-off later that day – will determine if she and Lammie attain Sunday’s semis and ultimate, with a choice of their matches stay on the BBC.
Whereas the duo know one another’s video games effectively, the actual fact Lammie is Stirling-based and Muirhead trains in Preston has restricted their ice time. Nonetheless, they’ve meet up each couple of weeks and imagine they’re in a very good place for his or her return.
“We have got stress on us and eyes on us as a mixture however I feel we have to neglect about that and simply exit and be us,” Muirhead mentioned. “That is what we did after we after we received the Scottish Champs in 2022 and went on to win the worlds.
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“However the usual of groups in Aberdeen could be very, very excessive – most likely one of many strongest ever in a Scottish champs – so it should be powerful. We simply want to curve how we all know we are able to and ensure and do the small components proper and the remaining will take care for itself.”
